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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS H51G CODEBOOK
2000 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS FILE
DATE: August 16, 2005

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 58
End: 59

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT00F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
828
8,235,803
-8 DK
326
2,019,319
-7 REFUSED
1
3,644
-1 INAPPLICABLE
75,450
892,115,051
1 CHIROPRACTOR
5,631
73,100,225
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
67
828,582
3 MIDWIFE
181
2,357,569
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
5,728
67,949,303
5 OPTOMETRIST
1,091
13,592,672
6 PODIATRIST
253
3,254,676
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
490
6,795,082
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
3,851
53,410,515
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
91
1,096,030
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
2,159
30,168,484
11 SOCIAL WORKER
789
10,866,868
12 TECHNICIAN
3,555
45,482,020
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
73
990,732
91 OTHER
1,966
24,630,908
TOTAL
102,530
1,236,897,482


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